What the night sky looks like over Canton, MS

Canton's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 20.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Canton.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

Where to go for a darker sky near Canton

25 miles from Canton, straight-line, sits Clinton, MS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Canton's own suburban edge band.

Clinton, MS is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Canton against the rest of the dataset

About 10,777 people live in Canton, MS, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Canton ranks 655 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.